NDLI: A Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis Approach for Locating Suitable Sites for Construction of Subsurface Dams in Northern Pakistan

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Author	Jamali, Imran Ali Mörtberg, Ulla Olofsson, Bo Shafique, Muhammad
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Pakistan is an agricultural country with an increasing interest for hydropower. Water management problems such as sedimentation and evaporation have been of high concern for surface water reservoirs for many years. Therefore, groundwater storage through subsurface dams could be promising, especially considering the monsoon rainfall and seasonal river flows in Pakistan. The paper aims to develop and test a methodology to locate suitable sites for construction of subsurface dams using spatial multi-criteria analysis (SMCA) in the northern parts of Pakistan. For the study, spatial data on geology, slope, land cover, soil depth and topographic wetness index (TWI) was used. Two weighting techniques, i.e. the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and the factor interaction method (FIM), were employed and compared. The sensitivity of the two methods as well as of the model parameters was analysed. The suitability map derived from AHP yielded about 3 % (16 km$^{2}$) of the total area as most suitable, about 4 % (22 km$^{2}$) as moderately suitable and about 0.8 % (5 km$^{2}$) as least suitable. The suitability map derived from FIM identified about 2.7 % (14 km$^{2}$) of the total area as most suitable, about 4 % (22 km$^{2}$) as moderately suitable and about 1 % (7 km$^{2}$) as least suitable. The sensitivity analyses suggested that AHP was a more robust weighting technique than FIM and that land cover was the most sensitive factor. The methodology presented here shows promising results and could be used in early planning to locate suitable sites for construction of subsurface dams.
Starting Page	5157
Ending Page	5174
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09204741
Journal	Water Resources Management
Volume Number	28
Issue Number	14
e-ISSN	15731650
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-09-23
Publisher Institution	European Water Resources Association (EWRA)
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Subsurface dams Pakistan Groundwater Spatial multi-criteria analysis AHP GIS Hydrogeology Hydrology/Water Resources Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences Atmospheric Sciences Civil Engineering Environment
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Water Science and Technology Civil and Structural Engineering

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